RESUMO
Spinal extradural arachnoid cysts are rare benign lesions occurring along the cerebrospinal axis. They may be associated with pain or varying degrees of neurological compressive symptoms. Brown-Sequard syndrome is a rare sequalae, where there is ipsilateral upper motor neuron paralysis with loss of proprioception as well as contralateral loss of pain and temperature sensation below the lesion. We present a 33-year-old female with a 6-month history of worsening right lower limb weakness and a 2-month history of right lower limb pain. Motor examination revealed right lower limb weakness as well as exaggerated knee and ankle jerk reflexes. A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was done, which showed an eccentrically located T4-7 cystic extradural mass causing severe cord compression. She had T4-7 laminectomies with total excision of the cyst and disconnection of the fistulous tract between the cyst and the subarachnoid space. She made full neurologic recovery with no complications.
